diff --git a/packaging/perftest.sh b/packaging/perftest.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+#set -x
+
+prog_NAME=$(basename "${0}")
+
+warn()
+{
+    echo "${prog_NAME}: WARN: $*"
+}
+
+info()
+{
+    echo "${prog_NAME}: INFO: $*"
+}
+
+err()
+{
+    echo "${prog_NAME}: ERROR: $*" 1>&2
+}
+
+die()
+{
+    echo "${prog_NAME}: ERROR: $*" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+usage()
+{
+    cat <<EOM 1>&2
+usage: ${prog_NAME} [ OPTIONS ]
+Starts up performance-test for supported jobs, and updates a plot of this.
+Options:
+    --uuid=STRING
+        UUID of build.
+    --data-dir=STRING
+        Path to the data directory.
+    --cache-dir=STRING
+        Path to the cache directory.
+EOM
+    exit 1
+}
+
+UUID=
+JOB=
+BIN_SHA256=
+CACHE_DIR=
+DATA_DIR=
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+    OPT="$1"
+
+    case "${OPT}" in
+        --uuid=*)
+            UUID="${OPT##*=}"
+            ;;
+        --job=*)
+            JOB="${OPT##*=}"
+            ;;
+        --sha256=*)
+            BIN_SHA256="${OPT##*=}"
+            ;;
+        --cache-dir=*)
+            CACHE_DIR="${OPT##*=}"
+            ;;
+        --data-dir=*)
+            DATA_DIR="${OPT##*=}"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            warn "Ignoring unknown option: '${OPT}' (Note that this script reads DB)"
+            ;;
+    esac
+    shift
+done
+
+[ -z "${UUID}" ] && die "The --uuid option must be specified"
+[ -z "${JOB}" ] && die "The --job option must be specified"
+[ -z "${BIN_SHA256}" ] && die "The --sha256 option must be specified"
+[ -z "${CACHE_DIR}" ] && die "The --cache-dir option must be specified"
+[ -z "${DATA_DIR}" ] && die "The --data-dir option must be specified"
+
+BIN_REL="$1"
+[ -z "${BIN_REL}" ] && \
+    die "The main binarys localpath must be given as the first positional argument"
+
+info "processing UUID '$UUID'"
+
+BIN="${DATA_DIR}/$BIN_REL" 
+BIN_EXT=$(echo "$BIN_REL" | sed 's/.*\.\(.*\)/\1/')
+
+DB="${DATA_DIR}/builder.sqlite3"
+
+PERFDATA_DIR="$DATA_DIR/_performance/$JOB/$BIN_SHA256"
+PERFSCRIPT_DIR="$DATA_DIR/_performance/$JOB"
+#< goto think if this dir makes the most sense
+
+case "${JOB},${BIN_EXT}" in
+    unipi,hvt)
+        if [ -d "$PERFDATA_DIR" ]; then
+            info "$PERFDATA_DIR already exists, exiting"
+            exit 0
+        fi;
+        #> goto pass [ server-ip; ]
+        "$PERFSCRIPT_DIR"/run-test.sh "$PERFDATA_DIR"
+        #> goto pass [ cache-dir; ]
+        "$PERFSCRIPT_DIR"/plot.sh "$PERFDATA_DIR"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        info "Job '${JOB}' compiled to '${BIN_EXT}' target doesn't support performance-testing"
+        ;;
+esac
+
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